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currency

human history
  • Other Name

    bagara (Solomon Islands)

    ziku kisa (Solomon Islands)

  • Description

    shell money. very old. said to be made by spirits and not by humans. kept buried in the bush under stones in a special hiding place secure from robbers or the depredations of enemies; or safe from fire in native houses. very valuable. November, 1930.

  • Place
    Tambatamba/N E Choiseul/Choiseul/Solomon Islands
  • Accession Number
    1934.145
  • Other Id

    20227 (ethnology)

    79 (Voyce)

  • Department

    Pacific

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